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The War Of The Worlds

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The War Of The Worlds

By: H.G. Wells
Narrated by: Anthony Jackson, Full Cast, Martin Jarvis, Paul Daneman, Peter Sallis
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'They came in cylinders as dreaded falling stars; they were the ultimate killing machines...' When a Martian spacecraft crash-lands near Woking, mankind is terrorised by aliens in tall, armoured capsules that stalk the countryside on three legs. The frightening machines wreak havoc on London and the Southern Counties with their heat-rays, and survivors are driven underground. Yet it all began in the calm of an observatory... While scanning the heavens, scientist John Nicholson sees a shower of meteorites heading towards Earth. But what he is witnessing is, in fact, the beginnings of an invasion. Soon, dense black smoke wipes out vast numbers of the population and Nicholson tells how he was plunged into a paralysing nightmare of stark terror and utter destruction. Martin Jarvis, Peter Sallis and Anthony Jackson also feature in this thrilling six-part, full-cast dramatisation of H.G. Well's classic novel - an immensely atmospheric recording based on one of the most influential stories ever told.© and (P)2007 BBC Audiobooks Ltd Science Fiction Fiction Emotionally Gripping Adaptation Drama & Plays Radio Classics Entertainment & Performing Arts Entertainment

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The music used for each episode is simply awful - loud, shrieking and annoying. This would be a great production if the music were edited out.

Music is very annoying and distracting

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Yeah, the intro and outro music is loud and repeats, kind of like the Tarzan radio series listened to back to back. this was originally split up across multiple nights and was very creepy back in the day listening late at night. Aside from that, this is my favorite version of war of the worlds. Yes the Jeff Wayne musical is unique and good but if your wanting a classic CBS mystery theater story with all the voice actors and sound effects this is the one.

Classic 60s mystery radio feel

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This was clearly a serial, which is not the issue. The problem is that the producers left in all the lead in and credits for each installment, which becomes extremely annoying by the end of the recording.

The sounds effects were also a over the top for my taste.

I've heard other recordings of this story that I enjoyed more.

Needs editing

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